Bridge named for fallen hero

A small bridge on Route 20 in Rensselaer County near the Schodack-Nassau town line has been named in honor of Staff Sgt. Derek Farley, a Nassau native who died in Afghanistan in 2010 while trying to disarm a roadside bomb.

Farley’s family spoke at Sunday’s ceremony, recalling how Farley took an interest in a military career at a young age.

“He would be yelling at me right now if he saw this,” Farley’s mother, Carrie Farley, said. “He wouldn’t have wanted the attention. He was a soldier through and through.”